This document contains summaries of 16 poems selected for solo verse speaking performances, including the title, author, source, and first and last lines of each poem. The poems cover a range of topics and styles and are drawn from various anthologies for students in secondary school years 2 through 4.
This document contains summaries of 16 poems selected for solo verse speaking performances, including the title, author, source, and first and last lines of each poem. The poems cover a range of topics and styles and are drawn from various anthologies for students in secondary school years 2 through 4.
This document contains summaries of 16 poems selected for solo verse speaking performances, including the title, author, source, and first and last lines of each poem. The poems cover a range of topics and styles and are drawn from various anthologies for students in secondary school years 2 through 4.
K63 The Marrog by R.C. Scriven Y63 Read Me 1 – Chosen by Gaby Morgan, pages 24-25 Macmillan ISBN 9780330373531 First line: My desk's at the back of the class Last line: And nobody, nobody knows. (This poem consists of 27 lines.)
U64 Solo Verse Speaking, Non-Open $140
E64 Secondary 2, Boys K64 A Small Dragon by Brian Patten Y64 Read Me 1 – Chosen by Gaby Morgan, page 335 Macmillan ISBN 9780330373531 First I've found a small dragon in the line: woodshed. Last if you yourself will pass this way. line:
U65 Solo Verse Speaking, Non-Open $140
E65 Secondary 3, Boys K65 A boy's head by Miroslav Holub, translated by Y65 Ian Milner The Works Key Stage 2 – Chosen by Pie Corbett, pages 203-204 Macmillan ISBN 9781447274858 First line: In it there is a space-ship Last line: that so many people have heads.
U66 Solo Verse Speaking, Non-Open $140
E66 Secondary 3, Boys Eldorado by Edgar Allan Poe K66 The Works 7 – Chosen by Brian Moses, page 239 Y66 Macmillan ISBN 9780330444248 First line: Gaily bedight, Last line: 'If you seek for Eldorado.'
U67 Solo Verse Speaking, Non-Open $140
E67 Secondary 4, Boys K67 Wolf by Chris Eddershaw Y67 The Works Key Stage 2 – Chosen by Pie Corbett, pages 19-20 Macmillan ISBN 9781447274858 First line: Yesterday, in Crawley, I saw a white Alsatian Last line: That the shop was closed.
U68 Solo Verse Speaking, Non-Open $140
E68 Secondary 4, Boys K68 An Irish Airman Foresees His Death by W.B. Yeats Y68 Read Me 1 – Chosen by Gaby Morgan, page 387 Macmillan ISBN 9780330373531 First line: I know that I shall meet my fate Last line: In balance with this life, this death.
U38Solo Verse Speaking, Non-Open $140
E38 Secondary 2, Girls K38 Shadow Collector by Peter Dixon Y38 The Works Key Stage 1 – Chosen by Pie Corbett, pages 152-153 Macmillan ISBN 9781447274841 First line: On summer afternoons Last line: And I found it on a palace wall.
U39Solo Verse Speaking, Non-Open $140
E39 Secondary 2, Girls The Donkey by G.K. Chesterton K39 The Works 7 – Chosen by Brian Moses, page 153 Y39 Macmillan ISBN 9780330444248 First line: When fishes flew and forests walked Last line: And palms before my feet.
U40Solo Verse Speaking, Non-Open $140
E40 Secondary 2, Girls K40 The Moon by Robert Louis Stevenson Y40 The Works 7 – Chosen by Brian Moses, page 76 Macmillan ISBN 9780330444248 First line: The moon has a face like the clock in the hall; Last line: Till up in the morning the sun shall arise.
U41Solo Verse Speaking, Non-Open $140
E41 Secondary 3, Girls K41 If I knew – Anonymous Y41 The Works 7 – Chosen by Brian Moses, pages 8-9 Macmillan ISBN 9780330444248 First line: If I knew the box where the smiles are kept, Last line: To the depths of the deep, deep sea.
U42Solo Verse Speaking, Non-Open $140
E42 Secondary 3, Girls K42 Purple Shoes by Irene Rawnsley Y42 Read Me 1 – Chosen by Gaby Morgan, pages 382-383 Macmillan ISBN 9780330373531 First line: Mum and me had a row yesterday, Last line: I'm not going to give in. U43Solo Verse Speaking, Non-Open $140 E43 Secondary 3, Girls K43 Overheard on a Saltmarsh by Harold Monro Y43 The Works Key Stage 2 – Chosen by Pie Corbett, pages 253-254 Macmillan ISBN 9781447274858 First line: Nymph, nymph, what are your beads? Last 2 Give them me. Give them. lines: No. (This poem consists of 20 lines.)
U44Solo Verse Speaking, Non-Open $140
E44 Secondary 4, Girls K44 Exits by Brian Moses Y44 The Works Key Stage 2 – Chosen by Pie Corbett, pages 212-213 Macmillan ISBN 9781447274858 First line: Our Mum is so theatrical. Last 2 lines: out the door and away. (This poem consists of 7 stanzas.)
U45Solo Verse Speaking, Non-Open $140
E45 Secondary 4, Girls K45 The Robin by June Crebbin Y45 The Works Key Stage 2 – Chosen by Pie Corbett, pages 270-271 Macmillan ISBN 9781447274858 First line: I tried to write a poem today, Last line: And the white snow falling.
U46Solo Verse Speaking, Non-Open $140
E46 Secondary 4, Girls K46 Angels by Jan Dean Y46 Read Me 1 – Chosen by Gaby Morgan, pages 442- 443 Macmillan ISBN 9780330373531 First line: We are made from light. Last line: Once, we sang.